Stefanie > Stefanie's Quotes

“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stories I know so intimately.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“There's nothing wrong with being different.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
― Colm Tóibín

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Maybe that's what we look for in the people we love, the spark of unhappiness we think we know how to extinguish.”
― Tom Perrotta, Election

“This is what love feels like. To no longer belong to yourself. To be pulled from what you know into what you feel. No wonder people live and die for this feeling.”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“I would rather die of love than let love die.”
― Rob Bignell, Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

“It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.”
― anthony burgess

“I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.”
― Katherine Anne Porter

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
...
I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“There are worse lives to live. Don't feel sorry for me.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.”
― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
― Pablo Neruda, Love: Ten Poems

“I know what it is to want something that could destroy you.”
― Nenia Campbell, Endgame

“To say goodbye is to die a little.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“You could rattle the stars," she whispered. "You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Names are not important. It's what lies inside of you that matters.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Sometimes people put up walls, not only to keep people out, but also to see who cares enough to tear them down. Understand?”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“I never realized how much it hurt to not be with you until I saw you again, and the pain went away.”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“I love you,” he murmurs as he rests his head on my shoulder. “I love you so much. Don’t leave me.”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“It's a fucking crime that you haven't been kissed properly.”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“Yeah, sure, I can do a passionate play with my ex-lover, who broke my heart not once, but twice. No problem.
I bang my head against the wall.
If there were a Nation of Stupid People, I would be their queen.”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“without passion, life is meaningless,”
― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo